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float:right; font-size: 0.9em; width:40%; background:#F1F1ED; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; &quot;"><tbody><tr> <td style="&quot; padding:0.5em; &quot;"><p class="line891"><div class="table-of-contents"><p class="table-of-contents-heading">Contents<ol><li> <a href="#What_is_WSL.3F">What is WSL?</a></li><li> <a href="#Ubuntu_on_WSL">Ubuntu on WSL</a></li><li> <a href="#Additional_Resources">Additional Resources</a></li></ol></li></ol></div></td> </tr> </tbody></table></div><span class="anchor" id="line-2"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-3"></span><p class="line867"> <h2 id="What_is_WSL.3F">What is WSL?</h2> <span class="anchor" id="line-4"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-5"></span><p class="line862">Windows Subsystem for Linux (<a class="https" href="https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/wsl/about">WSL</a>) allows users to run a Linux environment, without the need for a separate virtual machine or dual booting, providing a seamless and productive experience for developers who want to use both Windows and Linux at the same time. <span class="anchor" id="line-6"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-7"></span><p class="line862">To learn more about WSL, visit the <a class="https" href="https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/wsl/">Official Microsoft documentation</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-8"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-9"></span><p class="line867"> <h2 id="Ubuntu_on_WSL">Ubuntu on WSL</h2> <span class="anchor" id="line-10"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-11"></span><p class="line874">WSL provides the low level components, such as a customized Linux kernel and utilities, to run various Linux distributions that opt in targeting WSL. Ubuntu provides the distribution that runs on top of that, completing the experience with fidelity to Ubuntu on bare-metal, while leveraging the strengths of WSL. <span class="anchor" id="line-12"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-13"></span><p class="line862">To learn more about the specifics of Ubuntu on WSL, visit the <a class="https" href="https://canonical-ubuntu-wsl.readthedocs-hosted.com/">Ubuntu WSL documentation</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-14"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-15"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-16"></span><p class="line867"> <h2 id="Additional_Resources">Additional Resources</h2> <span class="anchor" id="line-17"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-18"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><a class="https" href="https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues">Report issues found within WSL</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-19"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a class="https" href="https://github.com/ubuntu/WSL/issues">Report issues specific to Ubuntu on WSL</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-20"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a class="https" href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/wsl">Stack Overflow</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-21"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a class="https" href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wsl">Ask Ubuntu</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-22"></span></li></ul><span class="anchor" id="bottom"></span></div>  <div id="pagebottom"></div> </div> <div class="entry-utility"> <span class="cat-links"> <p id="pageinfo" class="info" lang="en" dir="ltr">WSL (last edited 2024-01-05 15:38:05 by <span title="cnihelton @ b3dfb066.virtua.com.br[179.223.176.102]"><a class="interwiki" href="https://launchpad.net/~cnihelton" title="cnihelton @ b3dfb066.virtua.com.br[179.223.176.102]">cnihelton</a></span>)</p> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearBoth"></div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div id="siteinfo"> <p> The material on this wiki is available under a free license, see <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/License">Copyright / License</a> for details. </p> </div> </div> <script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){ i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-1018242-7', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script></body> </html>